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i : tlje rcjon Clrgttf OMOON CXTT: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1854. AfMti for ttw Argna. . J. It. MrHiilUB, Lafuyette. ..; 4). A. Htiiv Vcm. . Momoan RujiotfM, SuMimltf. Wit. HARLOW, JsfoW . .. - ! .... 11. C Kavmond, Grout. . i !.. Da Vis, Blmtm'mgHm. k'lktt W, Usowx, (Mvllii. i . Ajios Hatv, ' Fury. , fcoLOatoN Aukn, Ji'y. J. li. 1.VI.E, Jon.i .VcKiN.tEir, L'ulnxioia. lUv. Wilson Blain, ' Vat. f A. l!l(B, Jacktoimille. II. IIahbis, CinciniHlti. Judge Smei.li.no, JV'lu, Cu7. Jan. II. rni4.sT.jN, JFiV Co. 111. R. A. X. 1'HKi.rs, UuMmry, III. Law Conceroinr Newipapcn. IT" f euoselibers order Itiu dincunliiiu.oue of their ppf, III publisher may continue lo kimI them unlit all tntntage re f id. (J If ulcribr nexleet or refuse lo lake their .papers hum tlx lol ofiVe, or oilier pluca, to which lliey aro teni, wey are lino respwiwuM uin.i iirej wllle III arrear.iKes, should thele be my. IT If nilitcribem remove lo oiler dIiicm, with cm! Informing llit publisher, and III" paper if sent to lh former direutiuu, I hey in held renmnible. IT II i not suflinenl for Kwlrunier, when pner la not Lukrii mil of Ilia office, lo return one with "not taken am" written on Ilia margin, but Jia rouat writ leilrr lo lha publisher, giving the nam and put-of!iee, and elating Unit llie puprr ia not taken from lha offtVa. Oiherwiae the prt instttr ia held rrvpomible. V GoV. ClIBHY plareJ through till city titftt Tuesday, on Lis way homo from tho Dulls, Ho reports thitt there is no dan ger of an alliance of ihe Nil Perccs with the hostile bands. Col. Kelly lias been re tained at tbe Dulls, inn 1 cud of being stnl to Walla-Walla, as was reported. Gov. Cur r treated Iho petition fur removing anli I.ana men from offices in the army with .merited contempt, llu says he will post pone the matter till the war is over, at all events. ' We give Cor. Cirnnv credit for hating acted in this matter with decision, and fur having acquitted himself well in his diffi culties with 1 ho Indian on tlio 0110 side, nnd whites, that nre less honorable, 011 the oth er. We aro truly sorry that the Governor has had ''his righteous suul vexed from tiny -to day" with the whining And snapping of political whelps, whilst tlio tares mid anxi eties consequent upmi his position as cum- loandur-in-chief of Iho army must have woighed heavily upon his mind. Tlie.(!ov- ernor, and every other man who it engaged in the war, to lung hs they do their duty, ought to be, and will ho, supported. In our war with Mexico, and in fnct in all our oilier wars, polities have boon ignored, nnd even the worst porsouu! enclitic lint e become the must ardent friend whilst they have stood shoulder to shoulder in d fuse of our coun try, and mingled their blood together nit Americans nnd brethren Sacrificing ihvir lives In defense of our honor and our coun try's rights. 1 Whenever a man carries n political Ha" iuto an army, he may bo juily set down as a lory, and deserves hanging as muffli u .over Arnold did. tW Wm. McKay passed through this city on last Wednesday, with acompatiyV rronch and half-breeds from the French Prairie, en route for the Spokuii country ...1 .i ... o. I wuero uov. oievvns is expecteu to arrive in December. McKay's company is intended su an escort for the Gov , and will render uch other servico in that region as may be necessary 111 prosecuting the war. atjr The Southern Mail came near being a failure this week, not coining to hand till j'oaterdiiy, whrn we had our paper nearly made up. 1 lie "corner lor correspondence svas reserved till Thursday night when we were compelled to fill the vacuum. We have a perfect buadlo of currer pomlence among which we ounce a Lur (wm Hew Wilson Blsin, "giving at Lt beinj. too lame on the slavery question. W rather lake him to be joking, but we will ere wlml we ctn do for him next week. tW The Cauemtdi has boca afsjn placed upon the upper rivr Uade, after having un dergone thorough repairs. We are in formed that her boilers lute been tested, so M to dismiss all fears f bcr liability lo blow op. She will run as a Umperance boat, whilst every wraa.u- eonitirt ill be secured to her pajsswigers. Capt. Wvuant, who takes charge of her, hut already tecurej by hit urbanity and politeness, a notoriety among the travel ing cnmmuni'y, which will draw to his boat a largo ,uro of custom. Mr. Huchul, head atwarj, wj ijlRt her larder ia tupplied with the productions of all the latitudes through aLUi the pas tea, from Corvallia to Caueniah. OklleatUas. W are indebted lo the Pacific Etpra, ai.o to i. v. Sulhtaii, for full fiU of late California and KtHt, paper. J. W. Sullt van atone fr the failure, bv aeudin ' nro large mildly i x a-s y r " latO from Puget SOUnd. V . By an ISxtra I'ugut "unu wra"" Xov. Oth wa have somewhet revid edi tion of the Dews which we published last week m coming through an Extra Courier, and an exprcseman. The White River hgW ft seems took place on the 3d iust., between about 800 Indians, and fiO regulars under Lieut. Slnughter, and as many volunteers under Capt. Hays. Instead of having the Indians "surrounded," as was reporied, the Indians were fifed at acroi the river, and about 30 of them were tuppottd to be killed. On the next morning after the fight no. In dians were to be seen across the river. A large p'y was detailed to cross the river, and po In pursuit of the Indians. This party, consisting "f 80 regulars under Lieut Slaughter, SO volunteers under dipt. Hays, and iho Pierce county volunteers under Capt. Wallace, crossed over White river, and proceeded at far as Green River, seeing but one Indian on the way, who fired upon the scouts in advaiico,wouiid:n Andr. Burge in iheleg. Upon crossing Oreen Riverthcy fell in with the Induins, who were so se creted in the bruh and drift wood along Iho river that they were fought all day to liitle purpose. The Indians were driven into oitmp at night. The number of Indi ans killed wa not known. One white man was slightly wounded. They afterwards fell in with a few Indians on the Puyalup, when John Edgar, A. Purham, and Corporal Mugch were wotiuded, but aro expected to recover, A pack train was sent in to Slcil- Hcoom on the Oth, bringing in the bodies of Col. A. H. Moses, Lieut. McAllister, and Jo seph Miles. Dr. Burns was not killed, as reported, but was found safely stowed away in a stack of barley, having lost his horse, coat, pistols, boots, and hat, and the greater part of his other clothing, besides having his skin dreadfully scratched by tho briers nnd brush, through which the Dr. had done some tall running. Ho had retained his carbine and kept his "powder dry," and 'trusting in God," bnd guarded the barley flack for soino four days before ho wns re lieved from duty, by tho lucky appearance of his comrades. About tho first words I lie Dr. spoke, after he crawled out of thi barley slack, were, "Look here, I have killed seven Indians, and tho Inst ono I killed for this sulinon." at the same time holding up to view a piece of dried salmon skin. Twonty-five Nisqunlly Indians had left to join the hoslile band, as also a liko number of Puyalups, who had commenced destroy- ing property on their way out, as they enron to it. A party of aoventeen whites bad gono in pursuit of them. The Courier was informed that all the dwellings nnd barns on the Puyalup had been destroyed. Concerning the massacres near Seattle, the Courier learns that nine persons have been killed. II. H. Jones and wife, (the children escaped,) W. H. Burnam and wife, G. King, wife and two children, anrTMr. Cooper. One of the women is said to have laid three Indians to tho land, before she was killed. Mistake. We lesrn that "Itev. l ather randoty, the Oulliu!ic pr estof the Vak'ina Miss on," has nor been killed by the Yukimas, as staled by the Oro" gnnisn two weeks ago. It will be recollected that (he Times of Oct. 2d contained a loiter from the Dulles, signed Juslice, giving an entirely differ ent account of the priest-powder afiiiir from that furnished us by Mr. Wm. Klliott. The Times' vorMpondrnt't account entirely exculpated the priest, and made him nut aa innocent as a kitten. The Standard, about the tame time, waa furnished information by one who had been to Waiilatpu, gving the priests quite a pufTfor their invaluable tervicis in trying lo prevent hostilities. Now we understand the whole game lo bo a piece of Jesuit ical cunning, played ofT to keep down the exciie nienl produeed by the discovery of the powder plot, and other oircumitancee wliieh we alluded to two weeks ago. .The papera containing theso news items were probably unaware of the game that was being played. If any of the priests are killed by the Indians, or if a hair of their heads ia injured during the war, you may conclude thai we were not inspired at the lima when we predicted thai lha Imliana would aef harm them, but would cHeritk them and pro tttt thrin. ali. John Riehnrdson, hating resigned his teat in tho Council, the Oov. bos proclaim ed au election to fill tho vacancy, to come off ou Monday, the 20th Nov. Ve see but one name entered as a candidate yet. N. Uu'jcr, Esq., says he would like to go, and if Yamhill and Clatsop cannot send a bet ter man we hope he will be elected. Carre lien. Green Davis, (Davidson), instead of hav ing gone lo lit mime, (a tome person in formed us who called at our omc last sum mer, and ordered us to discontinue his pa per) it jet alive and kicking in amhill, as he assured 111 yotorduy, ,,. t, upou us aud paid us up like a gentleman. nrTh Mrgraph wire ia aew (Friday, 4 o'clock r..)allh.wteur..ffio. W((tMkeltotMN H rg.l op ia ear eomrosint mam t.n;-hl. sad gel a "dispatch" noea Portland for thia lasiM of Tux i Ator. lanothMmonihw,pllobei,eo(1, -. . - W .! ft. have ucieoi iwwtiiuiM.. , - .lanaed ainca the soldiers left the Dalles, in penult of lha Indians, laid to be encamped forty miles distant We are forced to conclude that when the srmy got there lha Indians had got some where eU. If Uiey fin.1 the Indiana before Chriat will do well. Gen. MeCsrvet informs us lhat he fears the Indiana have decampeJ and gone down Into llie l'oget Sound couniry. Per hpe eo 1 and Iheir brethren at Vaneouver may have left for tha put poee of meeting them. It is s cunning ".lodxe," If Ihis be lha case. Our corres pondence from the Dalleecame to hand too late for Innartion, and as it contains nothing particularly new or interest ing, we have not regretted the fail- .1 n . . L ere much. M s have no news irom uie ooum. On the whole the prospect acems to be that our toldiera will have more difficulty in finding the In diana than In whipping them. BeniiL IxrriTUTe, Polk co., Oct. 29, 1855. Ms. Aois-Zfr Sir .We have thiaday had lha pleasure of meeting together for the pur poat of dedicating Bethel Instilute to the present and rilng generalion, for moulding and training the youthful mind in lhat course of education which will strengthen and invigorate llie physical facul lii 1 cultivate, improve, and enlighten the intel lectual i and ao instruct the moral fucultiea, aa to place man in lhat bijjh elation in soc ety where ha will be au ornament lo a Christian people and free inslituiione, adorn the age In which he lives, aud prepare him for happinese and usefulueas in this life, and lo enjoy unending blias in llie future. The achool ia now lo be opened and put in suc cessful operation, when all brauchea usually laught in acaderoiea will be laught by Mr llarrison, whose experience of twenty years' teaching in New York ia a sufficient recommendation to all who are famil iar with lha thorough course of Instruction required of teachers in that Stale. . The house was called to order by the appoint ment of G. O. Uurnelt Chairman. The order of lha exere aea was aa follows 1st, Prayer by F.ld. Noah Powell, of Yamh 11. af ter which the Chairman called on Eld. A. V. Me Carty, whs came forward and delivered an able, interesting and eloquent addreaa on the subject of education, which was very attentively listened to. The Chairman then called out Mr. T.R. Ham ton, (the teacher) whe look Ihc stand and addressed lha friends of education, patrons and pupila, on the importance of a correot and thorough practical ed iicntion, and the course to be pursued to obtain it; which was received with marked attention, and much app'ause. On motion of Dr. Warriner, Remleei, That a vo'.e of thanks be tendered lo llie speakers for the able and eloquent manner in which they have addreared the audience, and they be n quested to furnish copies of their addreeses for publication. Renohcd, That the proceedings be published in Tin A sues with the addresses. Please publish the above, together with the ad. dnws, aud much oblige the friends of educetiou. Yours iruly, G. 0. BURNETT, Ch'n. One of tho addresses has come to baud, but it is out of our power to publish it in our paper. It is at least four times too long for our columns in these exciting limes. If the friends at Bethel nro desirous to hnt o it publixhed in pamphlet form, we can print a hundred copies for forty dollars; or a thou sand defies for ixty dollars. One False Move, Certain The American pipers in Tennessee ours among the rest made one false if sue at least iu the late content for Gov. ernor. Rather, we should say oue impolitic issue' by wh'ch we lost voles. We aie now satisfied of he foci, end suspected it at Ihe time. We pub. lished to the world a list of farly-tist criminals, from ihe record, who had been pardoned out of the penitentiary by Gov. .Johnson, for aleal.ng, counlerfi iling, house-breaking, and selling liquor lo slaves for stolen property. That Ihero were thousnns of intelligent, honert, and high-minded men who voted for Johnson, no sane man will do ny ; but when Ihe American party assailed him for his parlialiliee for line vie, it at once drove into his support all lhat class of voters, who had been, as a matter of course, divided in their preferences. There are, we doubt not, ten thousand voters In Tennessee, who either hart been stealing, at dif ferent times, or who are intending to oteal, and lo deal with negroes, in violation of law. These at least speculated upou Ihe cAnf of breaking into the penitentiary, and hence they look to the aource whence "aid and comfort" must come, and vole accordingly. It ia fair to presume that (tea thou nnd of theee would have voted with Ihe Aineican parly, had they not been driven out of our ranks. A very large majority of them, by birth, education instinct and association, would naturally enough act with thia Foreign Johiisouian party, and iu op. position to Gentry, a man who very looks, to say nothing of his principle! and Msciaioa, would lead him to show no quarters to thia class of men. noxtMt Whig. The Knoxvillo Whig draws a sorry pic ture of the lights and shades of political life in Tennessee. It was bad enough when we left there fifteen years ago, many of the most "respectable" citizens of the western counties were pointed out to us as men whom Stewart had published as of the Mur rell gang. Believing the "Whig," we con clude Tennessee hasn't improved much since then. We thought tho main-spring 01 political chicanery was bad enough in Oregon, but we knock under to Tennessee, for ihe present, at least Out of 10,121 voter, we have probably 500 who, instead of "intending to deal triM negroe in fio- tatioH nj lair, only wish to "deal in nig- Cers in conformity with law." So you see, friend Whig, we have the advantage of you thre. We hate (as an old democrat in Yamhill lately aured us) about 5000 vo ter who, instead of "having iofr, 0r in. tending to steal," have only either been candidate for office, or erperf lo be, ardent .y wishing to get (honestly, of coarse a , , .... ..ir, p, po tou sc mat Aeairanreaelt may appear, w. have not spar 1.. ,. . ...!.-.m.v Seventeen davshsu we are slightly ahead of you again. probably bad 500 "intelligent, honest, and high-minded men" who voted against the American ticket, believing it to ba a "bad egg." Here, friend Whig, we acknowledge the corn, that you have a considerable ad- i . . .a 1 a l.uaritlf tt vantage over ut. JJui insirau i u....6 -vote of "10,000 who oil her have been steal Ing, at different times, or who am intending hnteal," thrown against us, we hnve only been able to detct, by a careful examine lion, the names of 181. So wo shall not despair, as being the "greatest of sinners," yet; for, (leaving our comparative popula tion out of view,) we beat you in three points out of four, and claim to como in ahead of old Tennesseo. Who tome Mealt Mr. Win, Foula,of Cunemah, has presented ut with a tweet potato weighing two pouudt and seven ounee. Tbit beale Mr. Walling nearly half pound. Mr. Fouls tprouted teed, brought from the Saudwich Islands last spring, in a com mon "hot bed." He used no glnsa. Mr. Fouta ia quite an amateur in horticulture. Experimenting seems to receive from his binds something oi inai attention which it demanded at Ihe hands of far mers and gardeuert in this new field of agricultu ral resourcet. Mr. F. it now gathering a bountiful crop of surior beam, raised upon eUilkt which stood over lost winler, thus gelling two crops froai one planting. He intende to winter tlum over again, and see what they wilt do next year. The stalks sre uow nearly an inch In diameter. The teed of the tm et polatoe wat brought by Mr. Wil son of Cam mall, from the Islands. Wc have heard a great deal of bragging on Claekamat county for vegetables, espicially pota toes. We would like to tee some of the br.ig spec imens, (thai it if any can bo produced lhat will beat those already handed iu by Sunil. K. Bar low, Esq.) ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL. The P. M. 8. S. California, W. L. Dall commander, reached Astoria on last Tues day morning. She was six and a half days in coming up from San Francisco. In cross ing the Columbia bar, one of her flues cl lapsed, setting fire to the steamer. In the confusion of tho moment, wo understand, some twenty cases of powder were ihrown overboard, out of some three hundred cases which were on board. Gen. Wool nnd staff, and about f0 regular soldiers, came iu on the Columbia, on their way to Ft. Van couver. In another column will bo found a short compend of news from ihe Crimea. We shall givo fuller particulars next week. From California. We have dates to Nov. flih. The miners in the dry diggings, says the IIkrald, are all praying for rain. T he small streams are all dried up, and the rivers are lower than they were ever before known to be. Dr. Trask, the State Geologist, who has recently mndo the tour of tho State, esti mates tho amount of flour produced the present year, at 390,000 bbls. Tlio home consumption is put down at 370,000 bbls. a year; leuvtng n surplus of 20,000 for ex portation. Flour in San Francisco stands at from $4,12 to $7 per hundred. The full of Sebustopol was celebrated by an immense concourse of English, French, Sardinians, and others, sympathizing with the Allies, in San Francisco, on the 4th inst. The meeting was addressed by several I2ng. lish and French orators. As tho French did tho hardest fighting at Scbastopol their orators in Sun Francisco made the most fla ming speeches. Geo. Aikin, Esq., Consu l'ir representative of Her Brittnnio Majesty, in the course of hisspeech. thus yielded the palm to French intrepidity nnd valor : "We sre met here to prepare for celebrsiing the great and noble victory which our noble allies, Ihe Freneh, havo mainly carried through ; and lei our rrjoiciug be appropriate to so great an oc. casiou." The California papers report tho usual number of murders, robberies, and lynching operations. from the States, Our advices from New York aro to Oc. Oth. The conventions nf five polifcal pur ties have brought out tickets for JS. Y. Tin Whigs, Republicans and Know Somethings have fused. The Temperance convention, which met at Utica, adjourned Oct. 3. The only nominations ihey saw fit to make we're for Atty. Gen., and Judges of the Court of Appeals. The Republicau nominees were endorsed for these offices. A resolution was passed to support for other offices those can didates who were known lo favor prohib tion. The following are the tickets already in me iieiu : w. SEP. and k. s. K.N. Sec. State, Preston King. J.T.Headley. Conipt'r, Jas. M.Conk. L. Hurmwg. Treas. A.I). Williams. S. C. Clark. Atl'v Gen. A. Mann. Jr. S It rwi.in,. Canal Com. I). M. Bissell. S. S. VV helau. Slate Engiu'r Gen. Oeddes. 8 Seymour. 1 nson Insp r, J.V, Railev. VV. A. Russell Judgesof 4 B.K.Wood. W.W.Campbell. Appeals, J Jos. Muller. G.C.Comstock. HARDSHELL. SOFTsnELL. Sec. State, Aaron Ward. I. T. Hatch. Compt'r, T.B.Mitchell. Lem. Sieison. Treat., Jos. M. Lyons. A.S.Thnrstnn. Atfy (Jen., J. Sutherland. S. J. Tilden. Stale Eng'r, John D. Fav. John I) Jervis. Prison Insp, Darius Clark. Pairiek H Ad judges of I S.I.. & Idcn. 8.L. S. Men. Appeals, I Juhu Willard. Nich. H,, Jr. I he ticket of the Liberty party, or "col ored" fusiotiisU, we published last aeck. Ks nsas, The election returns, to far as tl'l .t .1.1 lln ttfA. lavory candidate for Congress, it c.ccieu.- Gov. Shannon voted tne proi.j . The election is taid to have gone off peace ably. The trial of McCmt, for thoot.rg Clark was progressing at Leavenworth City. MAssAciiosF.TTS.-The Republicans con veued at Worcester, Sept. 20tb. The Tri bune says that over a thousand delegate! were in attendance. Creat effort wero made to re-nominate Gov. Gardner, the present incumbent. Julius Rockwell wns ti e choice of tho convention. The ticket stands thus: For Gov., Julius Rockwell; Lieut. Gov., Simon Brown, (present incum lu.ni : Sec.of ritnte. Geo. S. Williams; Ail'y (Jen., E. Rockwood Uoar ; Auditor, S. N. Gilford, (present incumbent ;) Treas., T, J. Marsh. The K. N.'s have nominated Gov. Gardner, who received 812 vote out of 820. the wholo number cast in the con vention. The following is tho rest of the State ticket : Lieut. Gov., Francis Ut ; Treas., II.Fernald ; Auditor, Joseph Daw lev : Att'y Gen. A. II. Nelson. The dem ocrats of the Oth dist. met Oct. 3d, at Sa lem, and nominated Albert Currier and Geo. E Loring a- delega'es to the National DemoiMtic Conven ion. The convention passed a imiiniiiioim resolution in fiivor of the re-nomination of President PtKRCB. Connhcticut. A large majority of vo ters have decided in favor of the proposition to so amend tho constitution as to renuire ill electors hereafter to be able to read the constitution and the statutes. Maine. The fnll election returns give the following results : Senate, Detn., 15 ; Whigs, 9 ; Repub., 2. House, Dem., 09 ; Whins, 21; liepub., 01. Maine has deci ded lo amend her constitution so as lo ena ble tho people to h-ct li-r Judges of Probate, Registers of Probate, Municipal and Police Judges, and Sheriffs. The Legislature, by tlio new arrangi-mcnt, will elect the Land Asrent. Adjutant Gen'l, and Att'y Gen'l. Georgia. Johnson, dem., is elected Gov. by about SHOD mnj. Tliere are probably 5 rinti-K. IN. s nnd 3 K. N.si-u-ciod to won cres. FioiiT at Asi? Hollow. Gen. Harney fi ll iu with a largo bodv of Brule ndinni camped upon the bights in ihe vicinity of Ash Hollow, on the 2l of Sept., and killoil nl"ut70 of them, with the loss of 4 kilh d, 4 wounded, and 1 missing. A great manv Indian women nnd children were killed. Tho squaws fought like tigresses. Forty women and children were taken prisoners, beside a great many hones, nnd biifHilo meat enough to supply the whole armv for a long time. In their flight, the Indians threw ntvny powder horns, saddles, and nil their other hint 'hat proved to be Weights in tho way of doiti',' up tall running. The Vancouver Isdlnns, Who (scared fnin the reimp he Sih tilt., and went off lo jo n tho en my, have not let n In ai d from up to Ih's dale It will be recol'cc:e.l that Judge -trung wont in pursuit of them, with tome thirty voluun ers. Gt n. MeCurver informs us that ihe Indians had the start of them by two nights and a day 1 he Indians, by their great powenof waw-waw, had induced the commander ut the Fort to believe that they were perfectly friendly, and their blasts were fairly hurting them with a superabundance of the milk of kindliest towards tho whiles. Conse quently tho testimony of the slave Lucre, who in formed Lieut. Withers of their hostile intentions, wot entirely disregarded, and the Inl'aiiB wore al lowed to camp about one and a half miles from the Ft on the n'ght aforesaid, with all their arms. On the next morning, up m going lo their camp, the tqiutwi only were to be found. Thoy report I that the Indians had hid out a short distance, for fi r cf the white, and would noun b? back. Their report was croditod, aud nothing w as done in tbe way of uiirsuit that day, (Friday) until perhaps Friday n glit, when an express arrived slating thai the savnget were already far on their way towards the enemy's camp, having made their mark along the route by burning a barn nnd plundering one or two houses. On Saturduy morning following Judge Strong started in pursuit ; but no tidings of h t having found the Indians has reached us yet, and wo shall be disappointed if we hear of hit overtak ing them in a month He had provisions for but ten days, and will of course be compelled to abnn don the chase in about five days. We think Lieut Withers it but little acquainted with Indian char acter, when ho takes their word for their future in tentions. We understand that Lieut. Withers now sees and deeply regrets his blunder. P. S. Since the above was in type. Gen McCarver informs us that Judge Sirong has returned without the Indians. .He over took the band who declared they would fight before they would come back, but ex pressed themselves friendly to the whites. An agreement was made that both parties should fire off their guns into the air, ap proach each other and bate a talk. It seems at this moment, Humtuts, the Indian Chief, was out somewhere, looking after his horses. Some of Strong's men were nlso out scouting ntthcsanietime. When the guns wero fired tho scouts mistook it for the commencement of the action, and shot Humtuis. It is said that Judge Strong thinks the chief was shot by tome fellow who went out to steal the Indians' horses. Finding the Indians resolute in their purpose of .fighting rather than returning, Judge Strong concluded lo take them at their word and leave them as fnVndly Tn. dians, notwithstanding .hey had already bnrntabarn on "Ten milo Prairie" and robbed a house of valuables on the way. If this be a Correct statement of imii.p. how must the heart sicken at the prospect! Wore us, of bringinj the war to speedy termination! . . .... heard from, indicate that ". "' r- FALL OF SEBAST0P0L1 DREADFUL CARNAGE I Thirty Thousand Men BUrf . and WOunaeu on vuui iWians ia the Northern Forts. Address of the Czar to the Army. Alteatvt U A Nolcaa ' .. The Washington, Pacific, and America arrived at N. Y., bringing European dittos t0 the 22d Sept. ' Tho great fuct by those steamers It tho full of Subostopol. New York wat tkroftrt into o ttuto of great excitement ia soon ar the news spread over tho city, as no oner was prepared to hear, thu early, of to deciV site a success as tlio Allies liavo gainoiL On tho oil of Sept., at day light, tho Al lies opened the bombardment with mora than three hundred' pieces of heavy artillery; und at noon on tho 8tli, after three day t fire, which GorUthakoff culls "infernal,'? tbo Allied forces attacked' thu defence of Scbas topol, and the French succeeded in guiuing possesion of the M'nlnkoff. - The English who attempted tlio Redan wore not suecessfuF. IWmg-tho night ihe Pftirs-iansin the exacerbation of despair, be gan to sink their ships, blow up their innga- tines, and burn Weir City, and on tuo fol lowing morning Subas'.opol was evacuated, and tho communication between t'fio north forts ami tho town broken ofT. Tlw assault on the MalakolT wns made at noon of the 8th Sept. Its redotibta and thd Redao of Careening Ibty wero carriud by storm by the French soldiers with admirable intrepidity to the shouts of "Vive I'Empt. reurl" Tho Itedan of Careening Bay was not tenable, owing to1 tho heavy firo of ar tillery, which was poured upon tho first oc cupiers of that work, On beholding tho French eagles floating on tho MalakoflJ Gen. do Salles mado two attacks on tho "Central Uastion, but did not succeed. Tho French troops returned to their trenches. Tho loss was serious. ' The plan of tho' battle appear to- hava been lis follows-:' The place was nt tack od in liur directions. The British troops attemptud the storming of the Ki dnn the French attacked tho Malukuff. The rxireum right of the French made a diversion on the Little Redan, nnd1 a united attack nf the English, French and Sardinians was made on the Central Battery, All the attacks were inuclo siimiluncoaslyv and with great epiiit nnd energy ; but tiro ono which was eminently successful was led by Gen. Rosquct nnd (sen. M'Mnhon ou tho Mulakoff. Both tho Rednu and the Central Bastion were nt times in tho hand of the storming parties ; but so accurately did the guns of tho Russians cover these, that as soon ns the English had gained possession of them, it " as fouud impossible lo hold them. The intelligence of t he full of Scbastopol was received in London with demonstrations of grcnt joy. At lha various theatres and places of public amusement the fact was officially announced, mid tho bauds at each placo immediately played tho national an thems of England nnd France, and through out England tho demonstrations were gen eral. - It is impossible not to admire the gal lantry displayed by the, French on this mem orable occasion, iu repeatedly assaulting the Malnkofl'; and tho dreadful losses of the Allies sufficiently attest tho fierceness and undaunted resolution with which tho Rus sians met tho desperate impetuosity of their enemiesduring the whole of lhat tremendous day. ' v The fall of Scbastopol is one of tho most important events that has transpired during the present century but what effect it will have in restoring pence remain yet to bo seen. The London Herald says that "with the taking of Sevastopol, the war only in reality commences. ; Russia is not hutnblod. Her power is not broken. . Her gigautio might still lies almost unscathed." . , . : Details of he Assault. The correspondent of the Daily Newt,. writing on the eve of the assault, say : ' "The arrnngement is that our attack oiti the Redan shall not be made until the Mala- koff ig actually occupied by the French. Tl . men out stormers will Hash on to the Ho--dan, the French supporting them by asim-. ultaneous rush upon the small flanking bat-, tery. Our assaulting force is to be com posed of tho second division, and the second brigaiof the light division, with tho first brigade of a reserve. General Markhnm of the second division, commands the whole. A general fceline of confidenoe in the result prevails." , - , The following detail are from a French, letter duted Constantinople the 11th.: "Malukoff Tower, attacked with unexam pled impetuosity to the cry ' Vive I'Umpe reur !' was carried after a murderou strug gle on both sides. The formidable posi tion was occupied without delay, and bat teries were published on it with remark-, able celerity. The Litile Redan on Ca-. reening By was also.taken, but a tho Rust sian bat'eriea poured down a tremendou fire on those who where first to occupy it, our men were obliged, to abandon, it, to r;.